MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2004 Edition BAM Reports Small Sales Gain In Third Quarter11/18/04Books-A-Million ended the third quarter October 30 with a slight net sales increase of 1.8% to $104.3 million. Net losses grew to $1.1 million this period, compared...
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Borders SuperStore Sales Drop 1.6% for Third Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2004 Edition Borders SuperStore Sales Drop 1.6% for Third Quarter11/17/04Borders Group reported a 1.6% decline in same store superstore sales for the third quarter, and Walden's same-store sales declined 4.1 %. Overall, however,...
Independent Wholesaler Booksource to Close Distribution Facility
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2004 Edition Independent Wholesaler Booksource to Close Distribution FacilityST. LOUIS, MO./11/18/04The Booksource, thirty-year-old book wholesaler serving retail book stores in the St.Louis area, will close its retail distribution...
Authors Criticize Publish America’s Prices and Policies
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2004 Edition Authors Criticize Publish America's Prices and PoliciesNEW YORK, NY/11/17/04An article by Publishers Weekly November 16 revealed a number of author complaints against Publish America, which many consider to be a vanity...
Blackwell’s May Sell Retail Book Stores, As Competition Mounts
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2004 Edition Blackwell's May Sell Retail Book Stores, As Competition MountsOXFORD, ENGLAND/11/19/04Blackwell Ltd. is considering the sale of all or some of its 61 bookstores in the U.K., according to an article November 19 by...
December 1-15, 2004
Publishing News General News December 1-15, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS Tangled Hearts Author Helps Promote Adoption DALLAS, TX/08/13/04Child advocate and author Patti Lynn Bongiorno, who gained national attention with a series of books she wrote for the children...
2005 PEN/Beyond Margins Awards Seeks Entries From Publishers, Agents
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2004 Edition 2005 PEN/Beyond Margins Awards Seeks Entries From Publishers, AgentsNEW YORK, NY/11/04/04PEN/Beyond Margins Awards invites submissions of booklength writings by authors of color, published in the United States during...
Labor Department Upholds WGAw Election Results
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2004 Edition Labor Department Upholds WGAw Election Results 11/03/04Dan Petrie Jr. will be seated as the new president of Writers Guild of America West (WGAw), following an election battle which was decided today by The Department...
Publishers To Honor USA Today
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2004 Edition Publishers To Honor USA Today Washington, D.C./11/08/04Americas publishing industry will pay formal tribute to USA Today for the newspapers outstanding work in promoting American books and authors, the Association of...
Publishing Sales Remain Buoyant in September
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2004 Edition Publishing Sales Remain Buoyant in September New York, NY/11/09/04Publishing sales dropped slightly as summer wound down. Year to date sales were up in ten categories tracked by the Association of American Publishers...
